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Re: Winning a Match vs. Winning Strategically

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
If the wildcard still exists then there is a very big incentive for a team to try to be an alliance captain on the opposite side of the bracket from the Wildcard generating alliances (often the #1 seed/alliance). Several times this season it has been beneficial for our team to lose. I tell my drivers to never throw a match but you can tell they have no incentive to win (we still won nearly all those matches).
I stand corrected. Twice ...